apoptosis   (TTS Sound)

The apoptosis has 1 Senses.

• caspase-mediated cell death, programmed cell death, apoptosis
• プログラム細胞死
• a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival
• 細胞がそれ自身を殺すために特殊な細胞機構を使う一種の細胞死